Monthly Archives: March 2020
20200305. 736 Dundas St E, once a 3-storey cigar box or soap manufacturing company and now a 5-storery loft building.
20200304. The almost complete Massey Tower Condos reflected in the Cadillac Fairview tower.
20200303. An east profile reveals the EY Tower’s protrusion at the Richmond-Adelaide Centre.
20200302. River City Phase 3 and its Extreme Architecture is complete.
20200301. The zigs and zags of the modernist Pine Point Arena.
20200229. The River City Phase 3 concrete facade in the West Don Lands.
20200228. Turquoise Celeste Cyan and Blue.
20200227. In Etobicoke on Resurrection Road, one can find the divine use of ledgestone at the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ Catholic Church.
20200226. Fluorescent light shadows emanate from where ceiling meets wall. Minimal Aesthetic 107.
20200225. Looking up at a corner of the brutalist ziggurat at 222 Jarvis and home to four Ontario Government ministries. Minimal Aesthetic 147. Surveillance 1.
20200224. A broader view of the John Street Roundhouse, a national historic site.
20200223. The Loblaw Groceterias building (1928) has been resurrected as the West Block.
20200222. A barren suburban commuter parkade means the weekend is here.
20200221. The Scotiabank North Tower at the Bay Adelaide Centre is finally starting to go up.
20200220. I’ve often wondered how cranes are mounted in construction pits and now I have a clue.
20200319. Looking east and then west on Wellington Street West at sunset.
20200218 Competing curtain walls – 2009 (top) vs 1987 (bottom). Minimal Aesthetic 147.
20200217. A dying mid-century strip mall at Eglinton and Kennedy.
20200217. An unbearable sight at Union Station.
20200216. The postmodern 15 Scadding Court with its bulky Brutalist massing.
20200215. When a building is ghosted (painted white), you know it is coming down. This is 328 Dupont, where the ANX condos will be built.
20200214. Seeya Galleria Mall, hello Galleria on the Park mega-development.
20200213. T & T Supermarket’s time has terminated in the Port Lands. I’ll miss the dim sum and this funky streetlamp.
20200212. The rear of the Toronto Reference Library.
